Around the rock

If you’ve been pushing a big heavy rock for a long time, you are not making much progress, and you are tired, stop. Consider whether that rock is yours to move. Consider going around it.

Symbols of power

A king needs a crown. It’s a reminder. To know where we stand, where we sit. What we are supposed to do. We still need these things.

Nonprofit Manifesto

Nonprofit missions are too important. Nonprofits go to work every day to make the world a better place. To feed the hungry, to save children, to elevate our spirits, to connect us, to teach us compassion, to save the planet. The world desperately needs their work. Nonprofit work elevates the...

Life is Art

Ai Weiwei is currently China’s most famous artist. My favorite quote of his is Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I want to watch his films and this interview of him when I get a chance.

Masakatsu Agatsu

Masakatsu Agatsu - True victory is victory over oneself A lesson from Morihei Ueshiba - the founder of the martial art Aikido. We practice aikido to learn to master ourselves, not to conquer others. We do not seek to learn to defeat who attacks us. We seek to transform ourselves...